ball

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /bɔːl/|/boːl/    美 /boːl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. countable,uncountable
    — a ball of spittle; a fecal ball
  2. A formal dance.
    — We still have pictures from the ball we had in August 2008.
  3. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.; A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape. countable,uncountable
    — a ball of wool; a ball of twine
  4. A very enjoyable time. informal
    — I had a ball at that concert.
  5. A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.
  6. Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.; In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere. countable,uncountable
  7. Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.; The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point. countable,uncountable
  8. Homologue or analogue of a disk in the Euclidean plane.; The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point. countable,uncountable
  9. A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.; A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin. countable,uncountable
  10. A solid, spherical nonexplosive missile for a cannon, rifle, gun, etc.; Such bullets collectively. obsolete,uncountable
    — […] the Good Old Cause, which, as they seemed to represent it, smelt of Gunpowder and ball […]
  11. A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body. countable,uncountable
    — the ball of the thumb
  12. A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.; The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes. countable,uncountable
  13. The globe; the earthly sphere. countable,uncountable
    — c. 1712', Joseph Addison, Ode to the Creator of the World What, though in solemn Silence, all / Move round the dark terrestrial Ball!
  14. An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game countable
    — Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.
  15. An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game; Any sport or game involving a ball; its play, literally or figuratively. uncountable
    — The children were playing ball on the beach.
  16. An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game; A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone. countable
  17. An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game; An opportunity to launch the pinball into play. countable
    — If you get to a million points, you get another ball.
  18. An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game; A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over. countable
  19. An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game; a kick (or hit in e.g. field hockey) of the ball towards where one or more teammates is expected to be. (Distinguished from a pass by a longer distance travelled or less specific target point.) countable
    — After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno—Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut—nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes.
  20. An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game; An apparatus. countable
  21. An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game; An apparatus.; An apparatus program with a ball. countable,metonymically,uncountable
  22. A testicle. countable,mildly,plural-normally,slang,uncountable
    — Hitler has only got one ball, / Göring has two but very small, / Himmler is rather sim'lar, / But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all.
  23. A testicle.; Nonsense. countable,in-plural,mildly,plural-normally,slang
    — That’s a load of balls, and you know it!
  24. A testicle.; Courage. countable,in-plural,mildly,plural-normally,slang
    — I doubt he’s got the balls to tell you off.
  25. A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller. countable,historical,uncountable
  26. A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus. countable,historical,uncountable
    — The laxative alterative has not this advantage, the aloes, of which it is composed, being extremely bitter, and therefore requiring to be given in the form of a ball.
  27. One thousand US dollars. countable,singular,singular-only,slang,uncountable
    — I'ma let these niggas have it, go on stage and throw a forty ball
动词 v.
  1. To form or wind into a ball. transitive
    — to ball cotton
  2. To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
  3. To have sexual intercourse (with). US,intransitive,transitive,vulgar
    — Max says it works both ways. “I mean if she comes in and tells me she wants to ball Don, maybe, I say ‘O.K., baby, it's your trip.’”
  4. To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls. ambitransitive
    — the horse balls
  5. To be hip or cool. participle,present,regional,slang
  6. To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Ellipsis of blackball).
    — This highlights the issue of toxic masculinity in fraternities: a pledge only becomes a man, or a brother, by enduring as much abuse as he can and by proving his competence with girls. If he cannot, he is not only "balled" but seen as a "faggot" (this is a term directly from the work).
  7. To play basketball. slang
    — fuck it, we ball
    (Internet?) slang, used to indicate general perseverance
  8. To spend money extravagantly.
  9. To punish by affixing a ball and chain. transitive
    — any man refusing to do police duty will be punished by the sergts by balling him the rest of the day.
  10. Of bees: to kill (a wasp) by surrounding it in large numbers so as to raise its body heat. transitive
  11. To operate (a vehicle) at high speed (whether balls-out, balls to the wall, or ballin' the jack, each of which comes ultimately from ball via a different route). intransitive
    — Near-synonym: haul ass
感叹词 intj.
  1. An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.
  2. An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player.
    — A good tackle (and some bad ones) will bring a cry of "Ball!" from the crowd – a plea for a holding the ball free kick.

词形变化

balls plural balls present,singular,third-person balling participle,present balled participle,past balled past balls plural

词汇关系

近义词
sphere globe testicle
衍生词
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the 8-ball behind the eight ball behind the eight-ball belle of the ball benchball Ben Wa ball best-ball best ball better ball billiard ball bioball bird ball birthing ball blackball bladderball blowball blueball blue-ball boogerball bosu ball bouncy ball bow ball bowling ball boxball brainball brandy ball brandy-ball brass balls breaking ball broomball bucketball buckyball bump ball bunnyball butterball button-ball buttonball cabbageball cageball cage ball cake ball call balls and strikes call the ball Calvinball camp-ball caneball cannon ball cannon-ball cannonball cap and ball captain ball carpetball carry the ball catchball catch no ball catch no balls cheeseball cheese ball chewing ball chewing-ball chicken ball Chinese eight-ball clacker balls closed ball clusterball cluster-ball coal ball coalball codeball contact ball corkball cornball cotton ball cotton wool ball countryball cramp ball cricket ball croquet ball crudball crystal ball cue ball cumball cup-and-ball curveball dartball dead ball dead-ball era deball deedlee ball deedly ball demolition ball diamond ball dirtball disco ball dodge ball dodgeball dot ball doughball drop-ball drop the ball dryer ball dungball dust-ball dustball earball earthball Earth ball eggball eight ball eight-ball elite ball knowledge emery ball executive ball clicker exercise ball eyeball eye-ball fair ball fancy ball fastball fat ball fieldball fireball fire-ball fishball fish ball fish-ball fistball fitness ball flagball flash-ball floorball fluffball flutterball fly ball flyball foot ball foot-ball football forkball foul ball four-ball four ball fourball frame ball free-ball free ball freeball fuckball furball fuzz-ball fuzzball fuzzy-ball gaga ball game ball gazing ball geisha ball get the ball rolling ghostball glitterball glueball gluinoball goalball go balls up golf ball goo ball goofball gopher ball greaseball great balls of fire gridiron football ball ground ball ground ball with eyes gumball gutter ball gym ball gyroball hair-ball hairball hairy balls hairy ball theorem half-ball hamster ball hand-ball hand ball handled the ball hanging ball hardball Harvey ball have the ball in one's court head-the-ball heel-ball heelball held ball hero ball hidden-ball trick hide the ball highball hipball hit one out of the ball park hit the ball twice hockey ball holding the ball holy balls hornball horn ball horseball house ball hyperball iceball inkball ink ball Italian rice ball jack-ball Japanese rice ball jaw ball jump ball junkball keep one's eye on the ball keep one's eyes on the ball keep the ball rolling kegel ball kegel balls kickball killerball Kin-Ball kissing ball kiss my balls kittenball knock one out of the ball park knock the ball out of the park know ball knuckleball koosh ball korfball lake ball lardball late to the ball laundry ball lawyerball leave the ball in someone's court light ball line-ball lint ball live-ball era long ball loofball luck ball matball match ball matza ball matzah ball matzo ball matzoh ball meatball medicine ball melon ball scooper metaball Minié ball mirror ball Moneyball monkey ball moonball moorball mothball moth-ball moth ball motoball Mozart ball mudball multiball murderball mushball muskball musket ball myoball nail ball nanoball nerf ball netball net-ball net ball new ball Newcomb ball niggerball nine ball nine-ball no ball nonball nothing ball nutball nut ball object ball oddball off-the-ball old ball omegaball onballer on the ball open ball orange ball buddleja orange-ball-tree orgasm balls other end of the ball out ball oyster ball paddleball paintball palmball passed ball patball peanut ball pepper ball perfume ball physioball pickle ball pickleball pick up the ball and run with it pinball ping pong ball pithball plain ball play ball playball playground ball play the ball play the ball and not the man play the ball not the man play the man and not the ball play the man not the ball Poincaré ball Polandball powerball preball puddle ball puffball pukeball punchball purity ball pushball Q-ball quadball rabbit ball racketball racquetball red ball return ball rice ball ringball rollerball roofball root-ball rootball roundball rubber ball blast grenade rugby ball rum ball run of the ball run of the balls Russiaball Russian ball sandball sap ball scioptic ball screwball scruffball scuffball scumball scuzzball sea ball second new ball seeing eye ball set the ball rolling shade ball sharp as a bowling ball shitball show half ball silver ball sinkerball skee ball skittleball sky ball slamball sleazeball slimeball slime-ball slime ball sloshball slowball slow ball slower-ball slushball smallball small ball smokeball smoke-ball smut-ball snooker ball snotball snowball soccer ball soccer-ball softball sootball soot-ball soot ball sourball spare ball speedball spikeball spitball spit-ball sportsball spot the ball sprayball square ball squash ball squeeze ball stage ball stang ball start the ball rolling stickball stink ball stinkball stock ball stoolball stool-ball stoopball stoop ball streetball stress ball sun ball superball sweatball sweet ball swingball Swiss ball table tennis ball take one's ball and go home take one's bat and ball and go home take one's eye off the ball take one's eyes off the ball take the ball and run with it tan balls tape ball tarball T-ball tchoukball tea ball tee-ball tee ball ten-ball tennis ball teqball terrorism ball terrorist ball that's the way the ball bounces the ball is in someone's court the ball is in your court thistleball three-ball through ball through-ball throwball time-ball time ball too many balls in the air touchball touching ball towball town ball townball trackball trackerball trapball trap ball trap-ball triangleball tunnelball turdball tut-ball typeball unball uniball utility ball v-ball volley-ball volleyball wait for the ball to drop wallball wash-ball wash ball washing ball whiffle ball whiffle-ball white-ball White Ball whole ball of wax wiffle ball wiffle-ball wind of a ball wine ball wireball witch ball witch-ball wogball woodball woodsball wormball worm ball wrecker's ball wrecking ball yoga ball as balls ball ache ballache ball-breaker ball-breaking ball-buster ball-busting ball-gag ballhair ballsac balls-aching ballsack ball sack balls-deep balls deep balls of steel balls-out ballsucker balls-up balls up ballsy blue balls break one's balls break someone's balls cold as balls cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey get by the balls grow some balls have someone by the balls have the world by the balls kick in the balls lick my balls lick someone's balls stand out like dog's balls stick out like dog's balls suck balls suck donkey balls suck my balls trip balls twist someone's balls Ukraineball uniballer ball down ball it off ball off ball-dress ballgown ballroom have a ball hunt ball masked ball open the ball
相关词
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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
Proto-Germanic *balluz
Old English *beall
Middle English bal
English ball
From Middle English bal, ball, balle, from an unattested Old English *beall, *bealla (“round object, ball”) or Old Norse bǫllr (“a ball”), both from Proto-Germanic *balluz, *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-n- (“ball, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”).
Cognate with Old Saxon ball, Dutch bal, Old High German bal, ballo (German Ball (“ball”); Ballen (“bale”)). Related forms in Romance are borrowings from Germanic. See also balloon, bale.
词源 2
From Middle French bal, from Middle French baler (“to dance”), from Old French baller, from Late Latin ballō (“to dance”). Compare baile.
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